Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 5:13 PM EDT for Lancaster County, York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2016, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lancaster County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Airville, PA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN AIRVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
500
WUUS51 KCTP 232113
SVRCTP
PAC071-133-232215-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0039.160723T2113Z-160723T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
513 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
* AT 512 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROGUE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLASTOWN...SPRY...YORK...RED LION...COLUMBIA...MAYTOWN...
YORKLYN...DELTA...BROGUE...TYLER RUN-QUEENS GATE...
STONYBROOK-WILSHIRE...STEWARTSTOWN...YORKANA...WRIGHTSVILLE...
CROSS ROADS...NORTH YORK...SUNNYBURN...MARIETTA...
SHENKS FERRY AND SAFE HARBOR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 83 FROM MILE MARKERS 12 TO 22.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3999 7675 4008 7657 3976 7606 3976 7608
3975 7608 3973 7610 3974 7612 3973 7612
3973 7613 3972 7614 3972 7662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 325DEG 25KT 3991 7650
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JUNG1 follow-up statement
387
WWUS51 KCTP 232144
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
544 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
PAC071-133-232215-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160723T2215Z/
YORK PA-LANCASTER PA-
544 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND SOUTH CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DALLASTOWN TO NEAR HOLTWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLASTOWN...SPRY...YORK...RED LION...DELTA...BROGUE...
TYLER RUN-QUEENS GATE...STEWARTSTOWN...CROSS ROADS...SUNNYBURN...
WAKEFIELD...HOLTWOOD...YOE...WINDSOR...GRANTLEY...EAST YORK...
FAWN GROVE...SUSQUEHANNA TRAILS...LITTLE BRITAIN AND WINTERSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 7674 3980 7613 3979 7611 3976 7606
3976 7608 3975 7608 3973 7610 3974 7612
3973 7612 3973 7613 3972 7614 3972 7662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 334DEG 23KT 3990 7665 3979 7627
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JUNGThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, York | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 66 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.